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For Shamblin, the move continues her ascent through the softball coaching ranks. Shamblin has spent most of her life excelling on the diamond as a player and coach in Northern California. Born in Truckee, California and raised in Chico, Shamblin was a star second baseman at Las Plumas High School, receiving All-Eastern Athletic League honors in two straight years, and earning Best Offensive Player and Golden Glove Awards in the process. Shamblin then stayed home for her first two years of college, starting at shortstop for two years for the Lady Roadrunners of Butte College in nearby Oroville, and earning Honorable Mention All-Golden Valley Conference honors. She then moved on to NCAA Division II BYU-Hawaii, changing positions but still starting both seasons in the Lady Seasiders’ outfield. After returning to the mainland to earn her Bachelor’s (and later, her Master’s) in Physical Education from Cal-State Chico, Shamblin immediately delved into coaching at Chico’s Pleasant Valley High School. She spent six years on the coaching staff at PVHS: two as a varsity assistant coach, two as the junior varsity head coach, and then her last two as the varsity head coach. As the head coach, Shamblin took the Lady Vikings to the CIF-Northern Section D2 Championship both years, going 64-9-1 over the two seasons, and losing only once in 28 home games over that same stretch. That success gave Shamblin a chance to move up to the college coaching ranks for the first time last year as the lone assistant coach for her alma mater, Cal-State University Chico. Shamblin helped Chico State’s first-year head coach, Jamie Brown, resurrect a program in one of the toughest NCAA Division II softball conferences in the country.

Shamblin now takes over the reins of AWC Softball, which finished 2007 with a 36-25 overall record. Shamblin is expected to be on campus full-time within the next 10 days.

Story Courtesy of Sports News Southwest